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> [As a child, I copied Duerer drawings and Bruegel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-polke/as-a-child-i-copied-duerer-drawings-and-bruegel/)

[Sigmar Polke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmar-polke/)

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## More by Sigmar Polke

> [There has to be an element of risk-taking for me in my work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-polke/there-has-to-be-an-element-of-risk-taking-for-me-in-my-work/)

[Sigmar Polke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmar-polke/)

> [Mostly, drawings are things I make for myself - I do them in sketchbooks. They are mental experiments - private inner thoughts when I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-polke/mostly-drawings-are-things-i-make-for-myself-i-do-them-in-sketchbooks/)

[Sigmar Polke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmar-polke/)

> [A negative is never finished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-polke/a-negative-is-never-finished/)

[Sigmar Polke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmar-polke/)

> [When I was young, I was interested in Renaissance art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-polke/when-i-was-young-i-was-interested-in-renaissance-art/)

[Sigmar Polke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmar-polke/)

> [We were very poor and my family lost everything during the war - our home and our identity. But I'm a believer in luck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-polke/we-were-very-poor-and-my-family-lost-everything-during-the-war-our/)

[Sigmar Polke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmar-polke/)

> [People expect things from art that are horrible for us who make it! They put the things we make in these restrictive places called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-polke/people-expect-things-from-art-that-are-horrible-for-us-who-make-it/)

[Sigmar Polke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmar-polke/)

> [The conventional definition of reality, and the idea of 'normal life', mean nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-polke/the-conventional-definition-of-reality-and-the-idea-of-normal-life/)

[Sigmar Polke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmar-polke/)

> [As a child, I copied Duerer drawings and Bruegel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-polke/as-a-child-i-copied-duerer-drawings-and-bruegel/)

[Sigmar Polke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmar-polke/)

> [What interests me is the unforeseeable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-polke/what-interests-me-is-the-unforeseeable/)

[Sigmar Polke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmar-polke/)

> [By making pictures, you learn the many different properties of photography. I use those properties differently than, say, an advertising agency would, but we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-polke/by-making-pictures-you-learn-the-many-different-properties-of/)

[Sigmar Polke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmar-polke/)

> [I’m a believer in luck and think the social conditions you’re born into provide the opportunity for you to prove your luck. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-polke/i-m-a-believer-in-luck-and-think-the-social-conditions-you-re-born/)

[Sigmar Polke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmar-polke/)

> [I've never been interested in philosophy, but some of Jung's ideas seem useful in helping people understand pictures and so forth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-polke/i-ve-never-been-interested-in-philosophy-but-some-of-jung-s-ideas/)

[Sigmar Polke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmar-polke/)

> [Picabia is a very old painter who some people try to connect me to, but I refuse such comparisons very well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-polke/picabia-is-a-very-old-painter-who-some-people-try-to-connect-me-to/)

[Sigmar Polke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmar-polke/)

> [When I came to the West, I saw many, many things for the first time. But I also saw the prosperity of the West…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-polke/when-i-came-to-the-west-i-saw-many-many-things-for-the-first-time-but/)

[Sigmar Polke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmar-polke/)

> [Yes, my works... are enshrined in museums, but I don't care if the pieces fall apart in 20 years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-polke/yes-my-works-are-enshrined-in-museums-but-i-don-t-care-if-the-pieces/)

[Sigmar Polke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmar-polke/)

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